Élder Hamilton
Missionário de A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias
Ala Bangú - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro
Monday, June 23, 2014
Deus Vos Guarde - Presidente e Sister Lima
Thursday was President and Sister Lima's last mission conference with us. Of course it was nothing short of spiritual mind blowing. I will have to admit, saying goodbye to President Lima was really hard, I bawled like a baby. President Lima lead an epic effort of missionary work here in Rio full of baptisms, reactivation, retention, and leading the way for temple construction. Our new President, President Cabral, and his wife arrive here the 27th.
Monday, June 16, 2014
As Famílias Poderão Ser Eternas
So much to say and of course so little time...
This week has been great with Tiago and Louise. Tiago was baptized and confirmed a member of the church this weekend!! It's been incredible to see how he has changed line upon line, precept upon precept and the impact that his baptism has made in his life. And he already has an interview set to receive the priesthood, and he and Louise have set a goal to be sealed in the temple. The path with this family has taught me so much and has helped me realize the importance of families in this life and the necessity of the Gospel to help us through.
"e em ti serão abençoadas todas as famílias da terra, sim, com as bençãos do Evangelho, que são as bençãos de salvação, sim, da vida eterna."
It's been my privilege to receive lots of good news from home, about my family and friends and all the great progress that is happening there. I hope to get the time to individually respond, but until then, I want to let you all know that I love you.
Sounds like everyone is curious about how the world cup is going. Well it´s been pretty crazy here. So many parties. It has resulted in many slow days, but we are working around all that. Unfortunately, we aren't allowed to watch the games and our mission president has directed us to stay home during the games. He said, "missionaries are set apart from the 'world', and as so we must not participate in the 'world' cup." Outside of actual game times, we are bombarded by 24/7 recaps everywhere. GO BRAZIL!!
This week has been great with Tiago and Louise. Tiago was baptized and confirmed a member of the church this weekend!! It's been incredible to see how he has changed line upon line, precept upon precept and the impact that his baptism has made in his life. And he already has an interview set to receive the priesthood, and he and Louise have set a goal to be sealed in the temple. The path with this family has taught me so much and has helped me realize the importance of families in this life and the necessity of the Gospel to help us through.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is Christ's church. His priesthood has been restored, and families can be together forever.
"e em ti serão abençoadas todas as famílias da terra, sim, com as bençãos do Evangelho, que são as bençãos de salvação, sim, da vida eterna."
- Abraão 2:11
Élder Hamilton
Missionário de A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias
Ala Bangú - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro
Monday, June 9, 2014
Rellow!
News Report: Elder Fonseca and I are keeping it rolling here in Bangu. People here in Rio view people from southern Brazil the way most americans view people from the southern states, wild and weird accents. Now I'm picking up my companion's accent and weird uses of the language.
This transfer is off to a good start. We have been determined to work more with families in our ward and have found a great part-member family. Luise has recently returned to church and we have started working with her husband Tiago. They are an awesome couple. We have scheduled Tiago's baptism for this Saturday! Tiago is setting a great example for his father-in-law who hasn't been active in the church for many years.
This weekend was stake conference. Sunday was a special broadcast to the stakes and branches in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. We also had training from Elder Scott and Elder Ballard from the quorum of the twelve and leaders from the church general relief society and Brazilian members of the seventy. I've become accustomed to watching church conferences and video with english being translated into portugese. It was cool to see a mixture of that and straight up portugese from the general authorities. I was waiting to hear the translation when Richard G. Scott started to speak, but he spoke in portugese! Yeah, Elder Scott is fluent in portugese. It was a great and inspirational conference. I'm grateful for the guidance and direction we receive from God's servants. This is his church.
Tchau,
Elder Hamilton
This transfer is off to a good start. We have been determined to work more with families in our ward and have found a great part-member family. Luise has recently returned to church and we have started working with her husband Tiago. They are an awesome couple. We have scheduled Tiago's baptism for this Saturday! Tiago is setting a great example for his father-in-law who hasn't been active in the church for many years.
This weekend was stake conference. Sunday was a special broadcast to the stakes and branches in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. We also had training from Elder Scott and Elder Ballard from the quorum of the twelve and leaders from the church general relief society and Brazilian members of the seventy. I've become accustomed to watching church conferences and video with english being translated into portugese. It was cool to see a mixture of that and straight up portugese from the general authorities. I was waiting to hear the translation when Richard G. Scott started to speak, but he spoke in portugese! Yeah, Elder Scott is fluent in portugese. It was a great and inspirational conference. I'm grateful for the guidance and direction we receive from God's servants. This is his church.
Tchau,
Elder Hamilton
Monday, June 2, 2014
Agora, To Caindo
I planned to write a nice long letter for my one year mark, but due to an assignment from President, I am low on time and have to make this fast.
It's official, I'm on the downslope. It is hard to believe that I have actually hit the year mark. It's a great time of reflection: where I've come from, what I've accomplished, what I have ahead of me, and what I need to do. I'm am so grateful for the success the Lord has granted me and the experiences that have changed my life. I feel like I don't deserve all this, but I know that I have so much more to do, and more responsibilities ahead for me. It's my prayer that this next half can be even better than the first and that I can leave Rio better than I found it. This is the work of salvation and happiness.
It's official, I'm on the downslope. It is hard to believe that I have actually hit the year mark. It's a great time of reflection: where I've come from, what I've accomplished, what I have ahead of me, and what I need to do. I'm am so grateful for the success the Lord has granted me and the experiences that have changed my life. I feel like I don't deserve all this, but I know that I have so much more to do, and more responsibilities ahead for me. It's my prayer that this next half can be even better than the first and that I can leave Rio better than I found it. This is the work of salvation and happiness.
Só isso,
Élder Hamilton
Missionário de A Igreja De Jesus Cristo Dos Santos Dos Últimos Dias
Ala Bangú - Missão Brasil Rio De Janeiro
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